# Incident 20060531011389I: Amtr RV7A, Alamana, FL, May 31, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 31, 2006, 17:40 local time
- Place: Alamana, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.9430° N, 81.1026° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Alamana, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.9430&lon=-81.1026&mi=10
- Aircraft: N200TM (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR RV7A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,400 total, 100 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060531011389I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) ON MAY 31ST, 2006 AT APPROXIMATELY 4:00 PM PILOT DEPARTED MASSEY AIR RANCH (X50) FOR A LOCAL FLIGHT. PILOT CLIMBED TO 3500 FEET AND FLEW FOR ONE HOUR. PILOT EXPERIENCED LOSS OF POWER TO THE PROPELLER AND LANDED AIRCRAFT OFF AIRPORT ONE AND ONE HALF MILE SSW OF LEFFLER AIRPORT. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE RESULTING FROM NOSE GEAR DIGGING INTO SOFT SOIL AND FLIPPING OVER. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. POST INCIDENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED FOD HAD ENTERED REDUCTION GEARBOX DRIVE TRAIN BELTS AND DESTROYED TEETH OF BEVELED BELT, WHICH DROVE THE PROPELLER. FOD WAS DISCOVERED TO BE PART OF THE THROTTLE BODY MOUNTING BOSS THAT WAS CUT OFF DURING MAINTENANCE TO ALLOW CLEARANCE FOR NEW THROTTLE BODY.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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